Background: A 59-year-old man on exogenous androgen therapypresented with a clinically palpable prostate nodule confined to onelobe on endorectal examination. Serum prostate-specific antigen was3.4 ng ...

Pre-procedure urinalysis can be skipped before certain office-based urology procedures, such as prostate biopsy and cystoscopy, according to the results of a randomized trial. Some centers perform the ...

A cystoscopy is a procedure that involves inserting a tool into the urethra and up into the bladder to examine these organs. The tool is a cystoscope — a thin, flexible instrument with a light and a ...

How Is Prostate Cancer Diagnosed? Two initial tests are commonly used to look for prostate cancer in the absence of any symptoms. One is the digital rectal exam, in which a doctor feels the prostate ...

...inpatient care is now being offered in the outpatient setting to reduce costs In many countries, inpatient care is now being offered in the outpatient setting to reduce costs. Common surgical ...

Pathological evaluations of the prostate variably reveal incidental prostate cancer in 24–51% of patients with muscle-invasive bladder cancer (MIBC) undergoing radical cystoprostatectomy (RCP) The ...

Alternatives to prostate biopsies include enzyme tests to assess the need for further screening, monitoring PSA levels through watchful waiting, and MRI scans for detailed prostate imaging. Enzyme ...